Sale: 548 / Contemporary Art Day Sale, Dec. 08. 2023 in Munich Lot 224


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Francesco Clemente
Sky and Water, 2001/02.
Watercolor
Post auction sale: € 20,000 / $ 21,000
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Sky and Water. 2001/02.
Watercolor.
On off-white watercolor paper. 113 x 113.3 cm (44.4 x 44.6 in), the full sheet. [JS].

• Along with Sandro Chia , Enzo Cucchi and Mimmo Paladino, the Italian-American artist is one of the protagonists of the postmodern Italian trans-avant-garde.
• In the 1980s, Clemente worked in New York with Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat for some time.
• Francesco Clemente is represented by, among others, Gagosian Gallery, New York, and Mary Boon Gallery, New York.
• Clemente's work is in major international collections like the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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PROVENANCE: Gagosian Gallery, London (with the label on the reverse).
Private collection Berlin (acquired from the above in 2002, ever since family-owned).





Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Francesco Clemente "Sky and Water"
This lot can be purchased subject to differential or regular taxation, artist‘s resale right compensation is due.

Differential taxation:
Hammer price up to 800,000 €: herefrom 32 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 800,000 € is subject to a premium of 27 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 800,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 22 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The buyer's premium contains VAT, however, it is not shown.

Regular taxation:
Hammer price up to 800,000 €: herefrom 27 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 800,000 € is subject to a premium of 21% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 800,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 15% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The statutory VAT of currently 19 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium. As an exception, the reduced VAT of 7 % is added for printed books.

We kindly ask you to notify us before invoicing if you wish to be subject to regular taxation.

Calculation of artist‘s resale right compensation:
For works by living artists, or by artists who died less than 70 years ago, a artist‘s resale right compensation is levied in accordance with Section 26 UrhG:
4 % of hammer price from 400.00 euros up to 50,000 euros,
another 3 % of the hammer price from 50,000.01 to 200,000 euros,
another 1 % for the part of the sales proceeds from 200,000.01 to 350,000 euros,
another 0.5 % for the part of the sale proceeds from 350,000.01 to 500,000 euros and
another 0.25 % of the hammer price over 500,000 euros.
The maximum total of the resale right fee is EUR 12,500.

The artist‘s resale right compensation is VAT-exempt.